Hilary Potashner a public defender who is representing Yohai did not immediately respond to a request for comment

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The former soninlaw of Paul Manafort the onetime chairman of President Donald Trumps campaign has been arrested on charges that he engaged in financial fraud while out on bail on a prior case federal prosecutors said on Wednesday

suspects name adding that his mother would wave as she drove by as they watered their lawn

Other neighbors said they did not recognize the suspects name adding that his mother would wave as she drove by as they watered their lawn

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The man suspected of killing 12 people in a bar in a Los Angeles suburb was a decorated Marine Corp machine gunner deployed in Afghanistan who had several prior brushes with law enforcement police and Marine officials said on Thursday

WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps strategy to contain Iranian power in the Middle East by forging Arab allies into a U.S.backed security alliance was in trouble even before the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

press representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment

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RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils federal police on Thursday launched two operations targeting state lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro and a powerful outgoing senator as part of investigations into their alleged participation in two separate corruption schemes

The U.S. mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment

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UNITED NATIONS Several requests by humanitarian groups for U.N. approval to ship goods to North Korea for aid projects have been in limbo for months because the United States repeatedly asked for more time to consider them according to documents seen by Reuters on Thursday

Spokespeople for Jubilee and Kenyas trade ministry did not immediately return several calls and emails requesting comment

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NAIROBI A lawmaker from Kenyas ruling party has proposed limiting foreign involvement in public contracts after what he said was an outcry about an influx of Chinese businesses driving out local companies

China in speech but analysts said it was clear response to Chinas spreading influence

Morrison did not name China in the speech but analysts said it was a clear response to Chinas spreading influence

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Beijing and Canberra should be cooperating in the South Pacific and not be cast as strategic rivals Chinas top diplomat said on Thursday after Australia launched a multibillion dollar fund to counter Chinas rising influence in the region

Serena Zhou China economist with Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong said drop in loans from September

did not suggest

significant change in policy direction

Serena Zhou China economist with Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong said the drop in loans from September did not suggest a significant change in policy direction

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BEIJING New banks loans in China likely fell in October due to a seasonal lull but were still well ahead of historical trends as policymakers urge lenders to keep cashstarved firms afloat as the economy slows a Reuters poll showed

Odebrecht Mitsui and Starboard did not immediately comment on the matter

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SAO PAULO Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd is in talks to acquire suburban Brazil railway company SuperVia SA after a key creditor stateowned development bank BNDES blocked other offers for the company said two sources with knowledge of the matter

Although the source said Ottawa did not feel the problem would wreck the new U.S.MexicoCanada deal the affair shows that tensions remain after a stressful 13month negotiation

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OTTAWA Canada is pushing back against U.S. attempts to change the text of their September trade pact and the issue may have to be referred to ministers to settle a Canadian source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment

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A U.S. appeals court in California ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trumps administration must continue a program begun under former President Barack Obama that protects hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought into the country as children